Improved broom and brush head



NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. REED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED BRooM AND BRUSH HEAD.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,378, dated August2l, i866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knownY that I, GEORGE T. REED, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Broom and Brushv Head, for the purpose of holdin g broom-corn,bristles, or other materials that may be used for sweeping, dusting,painting, Sto.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1, letter A is an outside view of theend metallic dovetail slides. Letter B is a hole for a screw to fastento head-block.

Fig. 2 is an inside View of Fig. l. Letters C C are the dovetail creasesor slide.

Fig. 3 is an inside view of one side of the metallic clamp or binder, ofwhich there are two (2) pieces, facsimiles. Letters C C arc the edgesfor the slides to bind on, commencing at the bottom and sliding upward.Letter Dis a rib or ridge, of which there is to be one (l) or more, thatpresses upon the broom-corn, bristles, or other material, and holds itpermanent from slipping.

Fig. et is an outside view of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal top View of the two (2) side pieces, firmlybound together at the ends by the above-described dovetail slides, Figs.l and 2, forming a powerful clam p and a permanent fastening for holdingbroom-corn or other material to be used for brooms, brushes, &c.

Fig. 6 is a wooden head -block, that is placed on the top of Fig. 5, andfastened by two (2) screws at letters B B. Letter E is a plain hole forthe handle.

Fig. 7 isaside viewof all the pieces combined in workin g order.LetterFisawooden handle, connected to the wooden head-block H, atlet-terE, by a plain hole. Letter I is the metal side pieces or binders.Letters A A are the metallic dovetail slides, which permanently hold theside pieces, and are fastened to the head-block by two (2) screws atletters B B. Letter K is the broom-corn or other article used forsweeping, brushing, &c., forming a cheap, permanent, and beautiful broomor brush head.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent, :is-

The combination of the handle F, headblock H, clamp I, in two parts,containing one

